Automobile-radiator.



jl ERLICHl AUTOMoBILE RADIAToRI APPLIcATlo" FILED JuNE l4l 96.

1 atented Sept. 17, 1918.

L Sheet of thin Ineto1 30 having outvvardly feot Sheet of Section my bent opening channelS 31 fo1'Ined along =11iI' edgeS. (onnecting Stri S 31SiIT1ilor to the strlpS 26, 27 ond 28 engage the channels 31 111 thechonnelS 17 fofn1ed on the edgeS of the SheefS 13, SO aS to cloSe theoPen SPooes betWeen the edgeS of the SheetS13 and 30 and rovide outereInPty shellS for protecting t o vvateI' tubeS. v The endS of theSe emty SheHS ore closed by stI'i S of thin nletal 31 soldered in I)laoe. TheupPer ond lover endS of tlle sheets 30 are pr0 vided vith outvafdly oening ChannelS 32, siIT1ilaI' ohannels 33 being forned long the 1OWeredgeS of the Side WanS of the head efs, theSe ohannelS being engoged byna fovv Stri s of thin sheet Inetol 3 forIneC1 S1mi larly to the StripS26 ond Secured in )loce in sai(1 chonoelS by IneanS preferably ofSOlder.

It Will be onderStood that the radioting ortion of the conSt llotion iSconneoted to the np er and loWer headerS in the Same Inanner, S a eSnltofWhioh it i UnneceS Sory to sl10v Inore than tho PrtS illL1S- troted inEig. 2; and that tho SheetS13 used in forn1ing eaoh Tadiotor unit are ofthe soIno oonStruotion and ]T11) be n1do by IIleanS of the SaIno diesand forn1ing devices So that all of fhe bent SheetS 13 and18 Te quirebut o single Set of toolS to monnfao tnre them.

1S 3 Tesult of the conSt rnotion deScfibed,

f1en it iS neceS ry to re air 3 radiator bllilt coording to Inyinvention, the defective Section Iny be Separted frofn the re Inainingortion of the rodiatoI' and re lnoved by cl1tting thfough the Stri )S27, 28, 31 and 3 vith o knife or other instrtlInent,

Hfte1'- hioh the SheetS of the relTloved Sec tion may be SePr ted, ifdeSirable, by out fing thfough the StripS 26.- Tho edge or tions of theotlt Stri )S re then Teadily TeInovable froIn the chonnelS by the p lication of heat to fnelt the Sofder, and a peri11 place and the radiatorInde aS ood as.neTv by agin connecting the partS by Ineans of the Ilar-T0vv StI1pS referred t0. It vill alSO be ob Sefved f11Lt InyConStrnction a ff ords an effeotive IneanS foI' rneChonicany holding thoParts of the radiafor oonStrnotion together ond thot the SolderiS notdepended H on fo Ineohanioal Strength bnt nlerely to Inake the jointSvafertigh fnfthefInore, Iny con StrIICtion offords on effective IneanSfor di- Teoting the SolCloI' to the Teqnired placeS in SeoIIring thepartS of the radiofor together and t-he ChannelS fotoio t1 e older initS ropef poSition in a highly eff'eotivo Inanx ner. IIrthern1ore, Iny:oonSffoofion I'e sents f pleaSing PPe rnce on aCoonnt of theSubStontiol and finiShed effect prodnced by the StripS 27, 28, 31 ond31.

S a reSIllt of the ConStrnotion dosoribed,

- intefInediate infervals a poiI' of ocketS oPening fron1 op OSite SideSof fhe Water fube at the Same height foI' reCeiving poftion of the vaterfloving throngh the tubes to aSSiSt in 0001- ing the SaIne by incfeaSingthe S11rfaCe of the Tvater in the tllbe exPoSed fo the oooling otion. ItxvilI alSo be noted that the vatef tnbeS ore all alike, the onl (1iffereI1ce be tWeen t-hen1 being in their Inanner of di s I)oS1tlon 1n thefadlotor, lternate ones of Said tubeS being reveISed relatively to theoneS thereof, So that the pocketS on one Set of tubeS re diS )oSed betveen the pocketS of the otheI' Set of tubes. 1aoh vLter tllbe, it villbe obSeTved, haS unifOTIn o en ath for Water flow froInto to botton1, ofthe SaIne vVidth froIn tho front to the reaI' vall of the fadiator, Sothat there iS no obSfruction to the Hov of WteT through the tubeS.

1vhile I hve Shovn nly invention in th portiot1II' oInbodiIIlenfS Showna nd de- Sofibed herein, 1 (10 not, hoWever, 1iInit I11y Self to theseeXct oonStrnctionS aS 1 n1ay eIn loy equivalentS t hefeof Without doParfing ffon1 the spirit of IIly invention.

1vhat I oloim iS= 1. In an anton1obile radiator, up eT and 1OTver voterhedeTS, vter tUbeS extending veftioaHy betveen the headerS, Sid vvateI'fubeS being fonned from thin sheet Inet1 ond having horiZontallyextending )ockets, Whereby the aSSembled Woter tUbeS foTIn a honeycoInbconStrUotion, ChannelS foTIned along the IlI)I)er and lo ef edgeS .ofthe aS SeInbled vvater tubeS and l0n the 10WeI ond u or edges of the uper and 10Wer Wter hedeTS, reSPectively, nd nafrovv StI iPS of t11inSheet Ineta1 engaging Sid channelS ond oonnecting the asSen1bled vatertubeS vvith Said headerS, Whereby Said Stri S Inay be ont and theaSSeInbled Tvater tllbeS ren1ovedfron1 the hederS Withont fer tubes orheaderS,

2. In a I1- toInobile rodiotor, Ilp eI' and lower vvatef heoderS, WatertubeS extending verticlly betveen the headerS Said vter tubeS beingformed from thin Sheet Inet1 and h in horizontally extending PocketS,vhereby the aSSen1bled vater tI1bes-forIn.o honeyoon1b conStruction,channelS foITned along the upper ond lovver edgeS of the as...

Sembled Wte1" tubes and olong the lower and np er edgeS of the up er andloWer TvateI' hedefS, reSPectively, and naTfov7 inry to the Whereby theaSSembled Tva'te1' tubeS forn1 av hone comb ConStrnotion, the sheetS ofthin metal forming each Water tube ha ving, Chnn nelS formed along theirend ortionS, and 5 narrow StripS of thin Sheet 1netal=entering Saidohannels to Conneot d0ent SheetS of adiacent tubeS togethef, WherebySaid tnbeS n1y be Separated from each other Wh0 ininry to Said Sheets byCutting throngh Said SfiPS.

In WitneSS Whereof, I hereUnto SubSofibe my nmne thiS 8th day of May, D.1916.

JOE EBLIOH.

